Poetry

Written by Thiruvalluvar in Tamil 10,000 years ago, Thirukkural and its Pearls of Wisdom is as relevant today as it was when written....

Naraz has many references that reflect the resenting virtue of Rahat Indori. A lyricist of films par excellence, and a master of literature in college, he is a famous poet loved by all - who also accomplishes in playing with colours and lines....

Do Kadam Aur Sahi is an excellent compilation of selected poems by the renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indoori. The compiler, Sachin Chaudhary, has named the collection as ‘selected pearls of the ocean’. The magic that flows from the pen of Rahat Indauri gives a different feeling....

The Adventures of Kesha the Russian Boy is a coming-of-age story about the poet and engineer Konstantin Voskresenskiy, written as an autobiography. This fascinating account of the adventures of one young man takes place at a turning point in history....

classical collection of recitations by the master narrator Zia Mohyeddin....

The Ramcharitmanas is one of the greatest lyrical compositions in Hindi literature. Writing in the 16th century, Tulsidas chose to pen verses in Awadhi rather than Sanskrit, thus breaking with literary tradition and, importantly, making Lord Ram more relatable to the lay person....

T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral is both a fascinating retelling of the 12th-century assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket and a compelling call for resistance in the face of intimidation....

Generations of lovers since Pablo and Matilde have shared these poems with each other, making 100 Love Sonnets one of the most popular books of poetry of all time....

A classical collection of recitations by the master narrator Zia Mohyeddin....

Inward is a collection of poetry, quotes, and prose that explores the movement from self-love to unconditional love, the power of letting go, and the wisdom that comes when we truly try to know ourselves. It is a reminder that healing, transformation, and freedom are possible....

Dispute over land and kingdom may lie at the heart of this story of war between cousins - the Pandavas and the Kouravas - but the Mahabharata is about conflicts of dharma. These conflicts are immense and various, singular and commonplace....

When words of love do not come to you on their own, then listen to these letters....

An arresting debut collection about identity, ancestry and history, from a young poet selected as an inaugural winner of the #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, dedicated to discovering the best writers of a new generation. Written with profound depth and insight, the poems in Teeth in the Back of My Neck explore the joys, the confusions and the moments of sadness behind having one's history scattered around the globe ­- and the way in which your identity is always worn on your skin, whether you like it or not.

Although Rupert Brooke is known today as a "war poet", he was never actually engaged in combat: His death was the result of an infection from an insect bite that occurred while he was in transit to commence duty in Turkey. Unlike Wilfred Owen, who had a bitter experience of life in the trenches, Brooke's vision was of the glory rather than the horror of war. Only the first section focuses on issues stemming from the war. Poems in the other sections are generally wistful evocations of places that the poet had visited in his travels and reflections on youthful love. 

Die Schauspieler Heidrun Gärtner und Daniel Friedrich lesen eine Auswahl schönster Liebesdichtung von Shakespeare über Rilke und Gibran bis Kaléko. Wo Worte nicht ausreichen, spielt der Pianist Markus Kreul ausgewählte Stücke von Chopin, Liszt, Gershwin und anderen.

L'esordio dell'autore risale al 1882, quando la casa editrice Ricordi lo mise sotto contratto e fece pubblicare Nannì e E ghiammoncenne me'. Alcuni suoi versi del 1885, non particolarmente amati dall'autore (tanto da non essere inseriti nelle raccolte da lui curate personalmente), sono stati musicati dal compositore abruzzese Francesco Paolo Tosti per quella che resta una delle più famose canzoni in lingua napoletana, "Marechiaro", e dal musicista tarantino-napoletano Mario Pasquale Costa di cui ricordiamo anche "Era de maggio".

"Myricae" è una raccolta di poesie di Giovanni Pascoli, pubblicata in successive edizioni tra il 1891 e il 1900 (anno dell'edizione definitiva). L'opera rappresenta l'ultimo esempio di poesia lirica "classica" prima della stagione delle Avanguardie poetiche del Novecento. Il titolo della raccolta pascoliana deriva da una parte del secondo verso della IV Bucolica di Virgilio "(Non omnes) arbusta iuvant humilesque Myricae", cioè "(Non a tutti) piacciono gli arbusti e le umili tamerici".

Es importante templar el pulso de quién disparará por ti cuando no te queden balas. Así que tengo una noticia buena y una mala: la mala es que, en esta vida, vas a tener que ir más de una vez a la guerra. La buena es que tendrás el tiempo suficiente para elegir con quién.